www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca o UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM 1 NEUROSCIENCE NEWSLETTER University of Toronto Neuroscience Program Newsletter Summer 2011 | Volume 27 | Number 11 UTNP Administration UPCOMING DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP SERIES 2011-2012 TH Michael G. Fehlings WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 , 2011 Director, UTNP Speaker | Dr. Gail Mandel, Senior Scientist at the Vollum Institute and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University. Topic | The rise and fall of REST: Creating a nervous system David R. Hampson TH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 , 2011 Director, CPIN Speaker | Dr. Nicholas P. Franks, Professor of Biophysics and Anaesthetics, Head of Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Head of Biophysics Section, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London UTNP Host | Dr. Richard L. Horner, PhD Topic | TBA Alexander A. Velumian THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2011 Planning & Operations Speaker | Dr. Richard Morris, Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh, UK Topic | TBA Tallie Rabin-Claassen Interim Program Coordinator TH MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 , 2011 Speaker | Dr. Michael E. Goldberg UTNP Administrative Office | MP 11-315, David Mahoney Professor of Brain and Behavior, Director of The Toronto Western Hospital Mahoney Center at Columbia University (New York) 399 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8 Topic | TBA Collaborative Program in Neuroscience | Room 904, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, 144 College St., Toronto Ontario M5S 3M2 TH TUESDAY, APRIL 24 , 2012 University of Toronto Speaker | Dr. Keith Cicerone Director of Neuropsychology, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute & Email | [email protected] New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, New Jersey Phone | 416 978 8761 UTNP Host | Dr. Deirdre Dawson Fax | 416 978 8511 Topic | Process and outcome of holistic neuropsychological Website | www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca rehabilitation IN THIS ISSUE Pg. 1…...…Upcoming Distinguished Lectures Pg. 2.............................Important Reminder Pg. 2……………………………...... CPIN Graduates Pg. 2 .………..………..……..Int’l Brain Bee 2011 CPIN Students must attend 75% of the Lectureship Series each year according to their Pg. 3 ……...Neuroscience Events & Seminars program (Masters or PhD) requirement. Pg. 3 …….……………………Upcoming Meetings Pg. 4 ………………….…Fellowships and Awards Pg. 4…………….……………….Positions Available Pg. 5-6………….…………Funding Opportunities www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca o UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM 2 NEUROSCIENCE NEWSLETTER University of Toronto Neuroscience Program Newsletter Summer 2011 | Volume 27 | Number 11 Competition in Florence, Italy, July 16, 2011. One of 12 other PhD STUDENTS – IMPORTANT students from around the world, Soohyun performed courageously. And the winner was Thanh-Liem Huynh-Tran REMINDER of United States. For PhD students who registered for the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience Fall 2010 or later, you must The 13th Annual Toronto Brain Bee competition took place at complete one (1) full core course in order to fulfill the the Medical Sciences Building, on March 25, 2011. There program requirements. The list to select your core course were a record 62 students from 16 high schools in the can be found on the website at: Toronto area who participated in the competition. http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/students/requirements/ph d-required-courses.htm Following three rounds of questions, the top three winners were: First place: Soohyun Park from University of Toronto Schools Second place; Jessica Zung from University of Toronto Schools NEW CPIN GRADUATES Third place: David Kim from Sinclair Secondary School Congratulations to the recent graduates of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience. We wish you all the very best in Soohyun represented Toronto at the 4th Annual CIHR your future endeavours and thank you for being a part of the Canadian National Brain Bee competition (www.brainbee.ca), neuroscience community at UofT. at McMaster University in Hamilton on May 28, 2011. Yuwen Hung, PhD., Psychology (Supervisor: Margot Taylor) The 2011 Brain Bee competition was sponsored by the Krista Rudy, MSc., Speech-Language pathology (Supervisor: University of Toronto Neuroscience Program, the Department Yana Yunusova) of Physiology and the Firefly Foundation. The students were Sarah Marie Wheeler, PhD., Psychology (Supervisor: Joanne welcomed by Professor Jonathan Dostrovsky (on behalf of Rovet) UTNP), Professor Stephen Matthews (Chair, Department of Karen Ann Willoughby, PhD., Psychology (Supervisor: Joanne Physiology) and Ms Sharon Zillmer (Program Manager, Firefly Rovet) Foundation). The event was organized by the following 6 faculty members NEW and 22 graduate RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO BORROW students. The CPIN Program Office now has DVDs with neuroscience educational material available for our students to loan out on The UTNP thanks the a short-term basis. Currently available are: “The Human Body: following faculty How we fail, How we heal,” “Philosophy of the mind,” and members: Drs. Zhong- “Understanding the brain.” Ping Feng (Physiology, Toronto Brain Bee coordinator), Jonathan Dostrovsky For more information contact the Program Office at (Physiology, past-Toronto Brain Bee coordinator), Isabelle [email protected] or 416.978.8761 Aubert (Laboratory Medicine and Pathology), Morgan Barense (Psychology), Michelle Arnot (Pharmacology), and Hong-Shuo Sun (Anatomy, Surgery/Physiology). OTHER NEWS: 2011 BRAIN BEE COMPETITION The UTNP also thanks the following graduate students: Mila Aleksic (Prep Course coordinator), Sakina.Rizvi (Prep Course International Brain Bee 2011 coordinator), Tom Lu, Jason Lam, Christine Bae, Yi Quan, Soohyun Park, a local Toronto Amanda Gao, Shira Rosenzweig, Nasrin Nejatbakhsh, Jessica high school student from Jordao, Ewelina Maliszewska-Cyna, Paul Nagy, Emmanual University of Toronto Schools Thevenot, Meghan Sauve, Meredith Kuipers, Massimo Tarulli, represented Canada in the Brooke Acton, Aimee Caron, Emma Duerden, Joanna International Brain Bee Soczynska, Kathy Li, and Andrew Barszczyk. www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca o UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM 3 NEUROSCIENCE NEWSLETTER University of Toronto Neuroscience Program Newsletter Summer 2011 | Volume 27 | Number 11 U OF T NEUROSCIENCE Alzheimer Disease Therapy in the Future – What are the Best Bets and Dark Horses presented by Dr. Howard Feldman (Yale EVENTS AND SEMINARS University) FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2011 Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Montreal, Quebec Time | 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Topic | Lysosome-related organelle biogenesis: What do Call for Abstracts is now open! The deadline for submission pigment cells, platelets and dendritic cells have in common? is August 22, 2011. Location |Rm. 1527, Hill Wing, The Hospital for Sick Children http://www.canadianconferenceondementia.com Speaker | Dr. Michael S. Marks, Depts. Of Pathology & lab Medicine & Physiology ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY 2011 PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE Host | Dr. Sergio Grinstein Date | November 2-4, 2011 Location |Sheraton on the Falls Hotel, Niagara Falls, Ontario Website | www.obia.on.ca FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011 Time | 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDIES (SAN Topic | TOR Signalling and autophagy in Drosophila QUIRICO D'ORCIA, ITALY) WWW.NSAS.IT Location |Rm. 1527, Hill Wing, The Hospital for Sick Children The Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies is home of Speaker | Dr. Thomas Neufeld, Dept of Genetics, Cell Biology residential, intensive Courses, where leading investigators & Development, University of Minnesota from around the world spend two full weeks discussing Host | Dr. John Brumell upcoming research challenges with a small, highly selected number of participants in the unique atmosphere of the fortified medieval village of San Quirico d'Orcia, all within the most idyllic Tuscan countryside. UPCOMING NEUROSCIENCE MEETINGS The Courses of the Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies are unique. Faculties are undisputed leaders in their own field 6TH CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON DEMENTIA and intense scientific interaction takes place in a manner that Date | October 27-29, 2011 cannot be experienced in a typical conference venue. The Time | Thursday October 27 Opening remarks at 5:00 pm; walled town lends itself nicely as a self-contained campus to a Friday October 28 Opening remarks at 8:00 am. relaxed yet intense learning experience. This atmosphere spontaneously combines with the Tuscan countryside, with Description | its people and tradition and with the natural thermal spas of The 6th CCD organizing committee has put together an Bagno Vignoni, part of the village. The associated art, cultural exciting program that has attracted a world renowned faculty and wine & gourmet programs are the natural completion of of national and international speakers, featuring plenary each Course learning experience. presentations, parallel session updates, and interactive May 16-28: Endocannabinoids. Coordinator: D. Piomelli (USA) workshops. June 13-25: Neurodegeneration and molecular Some of the highlights include: neuropathology. Coordinator: P.L. Nicotera (D) Dr. Carol Brayne (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) July 18-30: Protein misfolding disorders. Coordinator: A. will speak on Dementia and our Ageing Populations Aguzzi (CH) A symposium on the newly proposed research diagnostic September 12-24: Pathophysiology of basal ganglia disorders. criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment by Dr. William Jagust Coordinator: A.A.